AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'split'

Question

Using Python 2.7.3.1

I don't understand what the problem is with my coding! I get this error: AttributeError: 'list' object has no attribute 'split

This is my code:

myList = ['hello']

myList.split()

what language are you writing this in? What is the goal of your code? — misterManager, Nov 15 '14 at 03:07
no need to apologize! don't be afraid to ask questions and contribute. just always try to provide as much detail as possible to help those that help you! — misterManager, Nov 15 '14 at 03:10
Lists do not have a `.split()` method. What are you attempting to achieve? — senshin, Nov 15 '14 at 03:14
I want the list myList = 'hello' to become myList = ['h','e','l','l','o'] — sp3cro, Nov 15 '14 at 03:20

score 6 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 15 '14 at 03:55

6

You can simply do list(myList[0]) as below:

>>> myList = ['hello']
>>> myList=list(myList[0])
>>> myList
['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']

answered Nov 15 '14 at 03:55

user3885927

Is there a way to acheive that in one line? mylist = [list('hello)[0]) just returns 'h' as in slicing. Actually Yes. alpha = [c for c in list(string.ascii_lowercase)] – sayth Jul 26 '15 at 00:59

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 15 '14 at 03:23

To achieve what you are looking for:

myList = ['hello']
result = [c for c in myList[0]] # a list comprehension

>>> print result
 ['h', 'e', 'l', 'l', 'o']

Lists in python do not have a split method. split is a method of strings(str.split())

Example:

>>> s = "Hello, please split me"
>>> print s.split()
['Hello,', 'please', 'split', 'me']

By default, split splits on whitespace.

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